Turtle Tracks Newsletter 10-25-11
Turtle Tracks Newsletter 10-25-11
October 25, 2011
Please click here to read this week’s edition of Turtle Tracks. Also, in the last Senior Leadership Program meeting, the seniors asked their groups to come up with words that embodied what they value about VCS. The lists were compiled and turned into this Wordle. The size of a word reflects how frequently students listed […]
Admissions Open House Sunday, November 6
October 18, 2011
Vermont Commons School welcomes interested prospective students and their parents on Sunday, November 6th at 1:00 p.m. for an admissions open house at our campus in South Burlington.
Turtle Tracks Newsletter 10-18-11
October 18, 2011
Please click here to read this week’s edition of Turtle Tracks! Thank you for reading, Liz
Bike Drive for Bike Recycle Vermont
October 11, 2011
In the Bike Recycle Research and Service, different groups have been working on projects to help Bike Recycle Vermont, a program that gives bikes to low income Vermonters and refugees. One group held a bike drive. Last week ten bikes were brought in, and all of them will be going to Bike Recycle Vermont (BRVT). […]
Caring for Trees with Branch out Burlington
October 11, 2011
The “Greening Up Our Cities with Trees” Research and Service class has been busy caring for trees in the local Branch Out Burlington! (also known as BOB!) tree nursery. At least once a week, we walk right behind the school, through the UVM Horticultural Farm, to the Burlington Community Tree Nursery. We are preparing trees […]
Turtle Tracks Newsletter 10-11-11
October 11, 2011
Please click here to read this week’s edition of Turtle Tracks. Thank you for reading! Liz
Phineas Schlossberg Commended in National Merit Scholarship Program
October 8, 2011
Phineas Schlossberg, a student at Vermont Commons School, was named a Commended Student in the 2012 National Merit Scholarship Program. About 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise in the National Merit Scholarship Program.
The Changing Face of Vermont
October 4, 2011
Mark Cline Lucey’s Research and Service class, “The Changing Face of Vermont,” is working with resettled Nepalese refugees in Burlington every Friday. Students have been challenged with teaching English to these new Americans, ranging from those with a few English words to those with absolutely none. On Wednesdays, this Research and Service class will also […]